States of Consciousness

Question 1

Freud introduced the concept of?

Answer 1

subconscious; some of our memories and basic motivations are not always accessible yo conscious minds

Question 2

low awareness
some cues will automatically?
Ohman and Soares study

Answer 2

elicit a response even though we never consciously perceive it
Measured small variations in sweating of participants with the fear of snakes

Question 3

Landmark study by

Bargh, Chen, and Burrows

Answer 3

participants solved word search puzzle where answers pertained to the elderly; after experiment participants walked slower
—effect called priming

Question 4

IAT test Implicit Associations Test

Answer 4

computer reaction timed test that measures persons automatic associations with concepts’
EX… associations with positive or negative evaluations of members of various ethnic groups.

Question 5

when you engage in high awareness what two things result

Answer 5

less bias and recognizing when you are using a stereotype

Question 6

humans alternate between?

Answer 6

low and high thinking states and neuro networks for both

Question 7

Mesmer

Answer 7

he discovered hypnosis treating elite society and attributed to animal magnetism

Question 8

flexible correction Model

Answer 8

the ability for people to correct or change their beliefs and decisions if they believe their judgments have been biased.

Question 9

BAC (blood alcohol content)

Answer 9

measures the percentage of alcohol found in a person blood

Question 10

circadian rhythm

Answer 10

physiological sleep-wake cycle. its influenced by exposure to sunlight as well as daily activity and schedule
Biologically it includes changes in body temperature, blood pressure, and sugar

Question 11

cues

Answer 11

a stimulus that has particular significance to the perceiver

EX… a sound that has special relevance to the person who heard it.

Question 12

dissociation

Answer 12

heightened focus on one stimulus or thought such that many other things around you are ignored

Question 13

euphoria

Answer 13

an intense feeling of pleasure, excitement or happiness

Question 14

Hypnotherapy

Answer 14

use of hypnotic techniques such as relaxation and suggestion to help change such as lowering pain or quitting smoking

Question 15

mindfulness

Answer 15

a heightened state of focus on thoughts passing through one head or more controlled evaluation of those thoughts.

Question 16

trance states

Answer 16

state of consciousness characterized by the experience of “out of body possession” between oneself and physical world